With a 15-point demand, including enforcement of Premises Rent Control Act, 1991, National Tenants’ Council staged a sit-in and conducted a mass signature collection campaign in front of Jatiya Press Club in the capital yesterday.
The other demands include formation of a high-powered commission to regulate house rent, taking necessary steps to place a bill in parliament to hold a discussion on house rent and making it compulsory for landlords to provide receipts to tenants.
The signatories numbered over 1,000 and the council would start collecting more signatures from those who express solidarity with the demands from around the capital from September 1, said the council General Secretary Meer Mofazzel Hossain.
-With The Daily Star input
